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The Difference #2
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which of these word pairs is not like the others and why?
Slow & hold
Slim & horn
Hob & spy
Holy & slob
Rip & irk
Tilt & grog
Slow & hold
Slim & horn
Hob & spy
Holy & slob
Rip & irk
Tilt & grog
Hint
Atbash is the key.Answer
Hob & spy.The Atbash cipher is a cipher where A = Z, B = Y, etc. When you use Atbash to encrypt the first word in each pair, you get the second word.
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I guess this is kind of hard... oh well, if you love ciphers like me, you should get it. Enjoy!
very creative...one of the best ive seen
Very nice!
Very clever, good one
I had no clue. Probably would have made a difference if I had known what atbash is about. Thanks for posting.
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